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Wednesday 24th. -

[1779-11-24]
This morning the Courier lost ...

Friday 26th. -

[1779-11-26]
This Morning a very fresh breeze ...

Thursday 25th.

Docno: DQA01d016

Author: JQA
Date: 1779-11-25
This morning about nine o clock the courier lost her foretopmast. About twelve o clock she got it up. 6 o clock. We lay to for her she being a stern of us. She came up with us and we again set sail.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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